Butter-dish



(N0 Model.)

A. OONRADT. Butter Dish.

Patented March 8,1881.

UNHED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS CONRADT, OF MIDDLETOWN, GONNEOTICUT.

BUTTER-DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 238,488, dated. March 8, 1881.

Application filed J zumary 29, 1881. (N0 model.)

T0 all whom z't may ooncem:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS CONRADT, 0f Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new und useful Improvements in Butter- Dishes; anal l do hereby declare that the fullowing is a full, clear, and exact description 0f the invention, whereby a person skilledin the art can make and use the same, reference being had t0 the accompanying dmwings, und t0 Ehe letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the fignres indieate the same parts.

My improvement relates t0 butter-dishes the c0ver 0f which slides up 0ut 0f the way, and is held by a catch while the dish is being used.

The 0bject 0f m v invention 1's t0 provide a simple and efficieut means 0f raising and holding the cover, and for releasing and lowering it when desired.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my improvement, Figure 1 shows a vertical sectiou through the middle of the butter-dish With the cover raised. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the butter-dish at right angles t0 the view in Fig. l With the cover down.

Ais the base of the dish, which contains the pan for the butter in the usual manner.

B is the cover.

O is a bow reaching from side to side 0f the base A und firmlyattached t0 it,being of such a form that it Will he just within the c0ver when it is down.

D is a vertical stem upon which the cover slides up and down. 113 fits in an opening through the t0p 0f the cover sufficiently n'ght to give a true am] easy movemeut.

Eis a ring fbrming the handle. II; 1's a1:- tached t0 the top 0f the stem D, and can be used at any time to ]ift the butter-dish, whether the cover be up or down.

F F are tw0 levers the inner ends of Which form pawls, which enter into the sockets G G when the cover is raised, 2u1(1 hold it in its position. 'lhe outer ends of these levers project so that they can be taken hold of by the thumb and finger and pressed togrether so as t0 release t-he pawls and allow the cover 130 descend.

H H are pins attached t0 the coverB, which move up and down in slots J J in the sides 0f the stem D as the cover is raised 01 lowered. These slots exteud from the sockets G down to the bottom of the stem, and serve t0 guide and inclose the ends 0f the levers F as well as the p1ns.

If it is n0t desired to hold the cover B from rotating, the pins and slots can be dispensed with, in which case it 1's better to support the ends 0f the levers F by acireular groove around the stem 01 by a eollar 0n the stem.

The operation 0f my improved butter-dish is as follows: T0 raise the cover it is merely lifted until the pawls enter the eatch. T0 lower it the levers are grasped and pressed b v the thumb and finger. This releases the pawls and allows the cover so be lowered to the positiou shown in Fig. 2.

WVhat I claim as my invention is l. The combination of Ehe cover B and its levers F With the vertical stem D, bow0, and base A, substantially as described.

2. The bow 0 and stem D, as a guide and support for the sliding cover, substantially as described.

3. The cover B, provided with the levers F and pins H, in combination with the stem D, provided with the sockets G and slots J, substantially as described.

AUGUSTUS OONRADT. 

